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Basically every review of Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale says the same thing: it’s a masterful piece of streaming television and scary timely. I binge-watched the first three episodes yesterday. [The Internet]

If you haven’t read the book yet, head to the Highline, where an appropriately dystopian-looking installation contains thousands of free copies of the book. [Curbed]

It’s really hard to tell if Ivan Argote’s solo show at the new Galerie Perrotin sounds great or awfully cheesy. In one video, Argote interviews people born on exact opposite sides of the Earth on the day the Berlin Wall fell, demonstrating how small the popular conception of “history” can be. Another work is a giant golden sweet potato. Mostly, it seems like a lot of romantic text-based works. We’re going to have to see this one ourselves. [Forbes]

This is the art heist movie we’ve been waiting for. Gael García Bernal is set to star in a film about a real-life midnight robbery of a Mexico City museum in the 80s. [artnet News]

The Denver Art Museum will be the only U.S. institution to host the blockbuster exhibition Degas: A Passion for Perfection. [The Know]

Apparently it’s illegal for California art galleries to serve beer and wine at openings, and police in some cities have been cracking down. However, hair salons and barber shops can serve alcohol. What? A new bill, A.B. 629, is hoping to change this. Under the proposed law, gallerists wouldn’t need a liquor license to serve beer and wine. [Los Angeles Times]

Pop artist Marisol has bequeathed her entire estate to Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Apparently the museum had been the first to acquire one of her works as an emerging artist. Now they’ve received the largest donation in the institution’s history. [The New York Times]

Alex Greenberger and Andrew Russeth have a handy infographic of what obscure art historical movements are trending and which have fizzled out. 1970s Chicago Imagism is apparently more relevant than 1990s-present(?) Stuckism. Who knew? [ARTnews]

Artist and Curator Blair Murphy discusses DC’s rampant gentrification, the loss of art spaces, and hope for the future. [BmoreArt]